Three students share how their gerontology education empowers them to help older adults become healthier and happier.
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Washington Post featured Valter Longo on how recent research points to interventions in diet, exercise and mental outlook that could slow down aging and age-related diseases. A multidisciplinary approach involving evidence-based strategies “could get it all right,” he said. The article also appeared in Anchorage Daily News.
The Maximizing Investigators' Research Award directly supports scientists, providing stability, flexibility and more opportunities for breakthroughs.
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During physically distanced ceremonies held twice daily from May 14 through 20, 2021, more than 36,000 diplomas were conferred to USC graduates in the classes of 2020 and 2021, including more than 400 graduates of the USC Leonard Davis School.
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Los Angeles Daily News and KFI 640 AM featured research by Caleb Finch and Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School on how air free of PM2.5 particle air pollution can lead to a healthier brain. “Our findings underscore the importance of efforts to improve air quality as well as the continued importance of demographic and experimental evaluation of air pollution neurotoxicity,” Finch said. Long Beach Press-Telegram and California News-Times also published the story.
USC researchers say their studies on air pollution and cognitive decline — one involving humans and one with mice — provide evidence that cleaner air may reduce risk for Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
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Baby boomers expect amenities in their senior care environments. USC Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality student and senior living executive Mariele Soriano is embracing this reality.
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Annenberg Media featured an event hosted by the USC Family Caregiver Support Center regarding young caregivers in the digital age. The event featured a discussion of the “Going Gray in LA” photojournalism exhibit, a screening of the documentary “It’s Not a Burden” and a panel discussion featuring USC student caregivers. “I want people to understand that many USC students have care partnerships with older adults and that that’s a valued, recognized role and that there are other people to connect with or talk to about it or get additional help,” said panel discussion co-moderator Professor Kate Wilber.
Daily Trojan featured a USC Leonard Davis School event that included a screening of the documentary “It’s Not a Burden” and a panel discussion regarding young caregivers, including USC students, and their experiences and challenges with caregiving. “With the transition back to campus, for some students, they may be more inclined not to return to campus but do more Zoom classes and remain remote, because of the caregiving responsibilities,” said USC Family Caregiver Support Center Director Donna Benton. “For others, it was a hard decision, but they did come back to campus, which meant that the families had to find someone else to step in for caregiving.”
Inspired by a popular class, Paths to Leadership in the Senior Living Industry, edited by Edward Schneider and Matthew Lifschultz MAASM '18, collects the wisdom of top senior living leaders.
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